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The CrowdStrike IT outage is pretty grim but let's hope it's not as bad as the infamous Dyn DDoS attack, Facebook mega-crash, and Rogers network disaster
news This one looks as bad as they come and there have been some truly massive IT problems in recent years.
A Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PC
news That's all without clicking a single hot link.
Bots now account for half of global internet traffic and 'bad bots' nearly one third
news It's probably too late to reprogram all those T-800s.
MalwareBytes recommends using USB condoms with USB vibrators to avoid nasty infections
News The birds and the bees and the vibrators.
US Dept of Justice used existing router malware to quietly purge a Russia-backed 'vast spearphishing' botnet from devices in peoples' homes
news Moral of the story? Update your router and change the admin password.
Global ransomware payments topped $1B last year with Russia-based groups blamed for a resurgence in attacks as they stop focusing on Ukraine
news After a brief dip in 2022, the bad guys are on the up again.
Wow, even the FBI is recommending people use adblockers to combat malicious search engine advertising
News Bad actors are buying advertisements that appear in the top search engines result.
AI art generated by the malware behind the cyberattacks on Ukraine is necessarily grim and very wormy
news Of course AI art generated with malware was going to come with a dark backstory.
